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Everglades Protection Area Tributary Basins

Everglades Protection Area Tributary Basins. Long-Term Plan for Achieving Water Quality Goals. First Annual Public Meeting on Implementation Progress. February 26, 2004. Introduction and Opening Remarks Gary Goforth. Welcome!.

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Everglades Protection Area Tributary Basins

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  1. Everglades Protection Area Tributary Basins Long-Term Plan for Achieving Water Quality Goals First Annual Public Meeting on Implementation Progress February 26, 2004

  2. Introduction and Opening Remarks Gary Goforth

  3. Welcome! • Welcome to the first annual public meeting on the Long-term Plan for Achieving Water Quality Goals of the Everglades (Plan) • Objective today is to share the progress of implementing the Plan and receive comments from the public

  4. Basins Addressed • Seven Everglades Construction Project (ECP) Basins • Six Everglades Stormwater Program (ESP) Basins

  5. Background • 1994 Everglades Forever Act • Required the submittal of a permit modification by December 31, 2003 containing a PLAN for achieving compliance with phosphorus criterion in the Everglades Protection Area • Strategy has been in every annual Everglades Consolidated Report • Utilized results of Basin-Specific Feasibility Studies

  6. Basic Precepts • Although existing phosphorus control programs are doing better than expected, additional measures will be needed to achieve compliance with water quality standards • Substantive scientific uncertainties remain • Maximum water quality improvement through an adaptive implementation process

  7. Overall Strategy • All scientifically defensible steps are taken at the earliest achievable dates • Focused efforts to improve the scientific and technical basis for additional steps • Incremental implementation of additional steps as soon as their need is confirmed

  8. ECP Basins • Seven ECP Basins • S-5A, S-6, S-7, S-8, C-139 & C-139 Annex, and C-51 West • Grouped into six STA-specific areas (STA-1E, STA-1W, STA-2, STA-3/4, STA-5, STA-6)

  9. ESP Basins • Six ESP Basins • Acme Improvement District, Basin B • North Springs Improvement District • North New River Canal • C-11 West • L-28 • Feeder Canal

  10. Revisions to Plan • Florida Legislature found that thePlanprovides the best available phosphorus reduction technology • Florida Environmental Regulation Commission adopted Everglades Phosphorus Rule that declared the Plan shall constitute the best available phosphorus reduction technology • Planwas revised to incorporate legislative guidance and public comments • Final document dated October 27, 2003 was submitted to FDEP as part of Everglades Forever Act required long-term permit application due by December 31, 2003

  11. Plan Components • Three principal plan components • Pre-2006 Projects • Process Development and Engineering • Post-2006 Strategy

  12. Pre-2006 Projects • In the ECP Basins (STAs) • Additional compartmentalization • Vegetation management and conversion to more effective communities • Operational refinements • In the ESP Basins • Primary reliance on source controls and integration with CERP Projects, coupled with operational adjustments

  13. Process Development and Engineering (PDE) • PDE contains seven primary elements • Identify means and methods to replicate the optimal performance of SAV • Develop engineering criteria and forecasting tools for additional measures which can be applied within the footprint of existing STAs. • Refine estimated impacts of CERP projects on basin discharge volumes and pollutant loads

  14. Process Development and Engineering (PDE) • Identify opportunities to maintain and improve performance of urban and agricultural source controls • Enhanced control and monitoring of water quality improvement measures now in place • Improve the reliability of estimated STA inflow volumes and pollutant loads • Determine the relationship between quality of water discharged into, and water quality within, the EPA

  15. Post-2006 Strategy • Identification and adaptive implementation of additional water quality improvement measures following completion of pre-2006 projects • Implement as soon as their functionality and need is determined • Based on ongoing analysis of actual performance and the PDE effort • Recommended funding of $36 million

  16. Post-2006 Strategy • Possible measures for adaptive implementation within proposed budget includes: • Conversion of additional lands to SAV, PSTA or other vegetative communities • Additional structural and operational modifications within existing STAs • Interbasin transfer of water for more integrated and improved operation • Integration of water quality improvement strategies into CERP projects • Implement more aggressive urban and agricultural source control programs

  17. Post-2006 Strategy • Implement steps to accelerate recovery of impacted areas • Includes final completion of hydropattern restoration works (East WCA-3A, West WCA-3A, and WCA-2A) following a comprehensive benefit/risk assessment • Recommended funding of $44.5 million through 2016

  18. Long-Term Plan Summary • Plan is being implemented • STA Enhancement designs are underway • BMP programs are being expanded • Research & monitoring are progressing • Integration with CERP is happening • Long-Term Plan includes total recommended funding of $444 million through Fiscal Year 2016 • If needed, return to Legislature for 2nd 10-yr phase

  19. Long-Term Plan Update Pre-2006 Projects for ECP Basins Craig Wilson

  20. Bc10 STA-1E Enhancements Project Manager: Jim Sturgis Project Description: • Herbicide treatment of Cells 2, 4N, 4S, and 6 for conversion to SAV. • 2,998 acres, or 58% of total treatment area downstream of Distribution Cells

  21. Bc10 STA-1E Enhancements Project status • Work completed to date: Coordinate with USACE on PSTA / SAV implementation. • Work planned for remainder of FY: Complete design and implement plan.

  22. Bc20 STA-1W Enhancements Ocean Canal G-327 A S-5A S-5AS P G-302 G-300 G-301 G-305 A-V Cell 5A G-306 A-J Cell 5B G-303 G-304 A-J G-255 G-252 H-J G-250 S Cell 1 Effective Discharge Cell 2 Canal G-254 A-I Cell Area (ac) G-257 L- 7 Cell 4 G-253 A-J 1 1,490 G-258 Canal G-309 2 941 Cell 3 3 1,026 G-256 G-308 A.R.M. Loxahatchee 4 358 National Wildlife 5A 562 Refuge (WCA 1) G-259 5B 2,293 N G-251 Total 6,670 ac G-310 Project Manager: Tim Carter Project Description: • Convert Cell 3 to SAV • Add Pump Station for Maintenance of Stages in Cell 5 • Pump WCA-1 Seepage from Seepage Canal to Cell 5A • Refine Operation to Maintain Stages in Cells 1-4 through Normal Operation of G-250S • Source of water: Seepage Canal Upstream, Direct Seepage to Cells 1,3

  23. Bc20 STA-1W Enhancements Project status • Work completed to date: Survey work underway with geotechnical work to follow. • Work planned for remainder of FY: Complete Detail Design by July 2004 for procurement of construction contract to start work in November 2004.

  24. Bc30 STA-2 Enhancements S-6 S-6 G-338 G-339 G-328 G-336 A-F G-337A G-337 G-333 A-E G-331 A-G G-329 A-D Cell 2A Cell 1A Cell 3A WCA-2A P Cell 2B Cell 1B Cell 3B Effective Cell Area (ac) G-330 A-E G-332 1A 720 G-334 G-335 1B 1,080 G-336G 2A 680 2B 1,590 3A 730 3B 1,540 ~2.7 miles N Total 6,340 ac S-7 Project Manager: Tim Carter Project Description: • Further compartmentalize each flow path • Convert “new” cells 1B and 2B to SAV • Total of 4,710 acres (74% of total) in SAV • Forward-pumping station in Cell 2A for stage maintenance in 2B

  25. Bc30 STA-2 Enhancements Project status • Work completed to date: Survey, geotechnical, and hydraulic modeling complete. Detail Design underway. • Work planned for remainder of FY: Complete Detail Design by June for procurement of construction contract to start work in August 2004.

  26. Bc40 STA-3/4 Enhancements Project Manager: Rich Virgil Project Description: • Subdivide Cell 3 • Convert Cells 1B, 2B, and “new” 3B to SAV • 8,809 acres (53% of total) • New forward-pumping stations in each flow path for stage maintenance in SAV cells

  27. Bc40 STA-3/4 Enhancements Project status • Work completed to date: Detail Design is 90% complete. • Work planned for remainder of FY: Complete Detail Design and procurement of construction contract to start work in December 2004.

  28. Bc50 STA-5 Enhancements Project Manager: Rich Virgil Project Description: • Convert Cell 2B to SAV (SAV in 59% of total area) • Modify G-343 structures for enhanced function and control • Additional seepage return pump stations

  29. Bc50 STA-5 Enhancements Project status • Work completed to date: Detail Design is underway nearing 30% complete. • Work planned for remainder of FY: Complete Detail Design for procurement of construction contract to start work in October 2004.

  30. STA-6 Enhancements (Bc60) & STA-6 Section 2 (Ba62) Project Manager: Rich Virgil Project Description: • Enhancements to be completed with the Section 2 construction • Compartmentalize Cell 5 • Convert “new” Cell 5B and Cell 4 to SAV • Add irrigation water supply pump station

  31. STA-6 Enhancements (Bc60) & STA-6 Section 2 (Ba62) Project status • Work completed to date: Survey, geotechnical, and Detail Design to 60% phase. • Work planned for remainder of FY: Complete Detail Design for procurement of construction contract to start work in October 2004.

  32. ECP Operation, Maintenance and Monitoring ECP Operation, Maintenance and Monitoring Sharon Trost

  33. BfECP Operations and Maintenance Project Manager: Sharon Trost Project Description: • Perform routine maintenance and operation of STAs and related works in keeping with the requirements of the EFA, to maintain optimal nutrient reduction performance.

  34. BfECP Operations and Maintenance Project Status • Bf work completed to date • Operation, Maintenance and Repair of works • Mowing, grading of levee roads, maintenance and operation of structures and pump stations • Vegetation management- aerial and terrestrial spraying, mechanical harvesting • Special projects- G-255 structure closure, Vegetation barrier re-designs

  35. BFECP Operations and Maintenance Project Status • Bf work planned for remainder of FY 04 • On-going STA maintenance • On-going operations of pump stations and structures • Addition of STA 3/4 and STA-1E to Routine Maintenance • De-Watering of Cell 2, STA3/4 for vegetative community succession • Replacement of selected culverts in original ENR • Support of On-going streamgauging / improved flow ratings for STA compliance stations

  36. Bf80ECP Permits and Compliance Monitoring Project Manager: Ron Bearzotti Project Description: • To fulfill the flow and water quality monitoring, analysis and compliance reporting requirements of the EFA and NPDES permits issued to the District for the ECP.

  37. Bf80ECP Permits and Compliance Monitoring Project Status Work completed to date • Routine STA Compliance Monitoring and Reporting Program (on-going) • Staff time for WQ collection and analysis (contracts) • Routine Maintenance, Repair and Parts for equipment (on-going) • Lab Analysis Support • Mercury Monitoring and Reporting • STA-2 Expanded Hg Monitoring • 5th Quarterly Monitoring Report Submitted • Ultra trace Hg monitoring • STA-3/4 Start-up and Baseline Monitoring (on-going) • Flow monitoring/ streamgauging/ improve flow measurements • Existing STAs

  38. Bf80ECP Permits and Compliance Monitoring Project Status Work planned for remainder of FY 04 • On-going STA compliance monitoring and analysis • Addition of STA-3/4 and STA-1E to Routine Compliance Monitoring • Purchase of Monitoring Equipment for STA-3/4 and STA-1E • Replacement of old STA monitoring equipment • STA-2 Mercury Risk Assessment Report (late March) • On-going streamgauging / improved flow ratings for STA compliance stations

  39. Bf81STA Site Management Project Manager: Tom Kosier Project Description: • Oversee the day-to-day activities involving operation and maintenance of the individual STAs. • Provide effective coordination between the field stations, researchers, control room, performance manager, vegetation management and other entities to ensure optimal STA performance. • Ensure that STA operational plans are followed. • Perform efficient site management of STAs, documentation of site management activities & expenditures

  40. Bf81STA Site Management Project status Work completed to date • Hired and trained 2 new site managers • Coordinated STA-3/4 start up activities • Coordinated vegetation management in the STAs • Experimental Tussock removal in STA-1W (10,000 cubic yards)

  41. Bf81STA Site Management Project status Work planned for remainder of FY • Bring STA-1E on line and start up • Continue the STA-3/4 start up activities • Investigate STA-5 flow constraints

  42. Bc84(2)Vegetation Maintenance Project Manager: Lou Toth Project Description: • To manage vegetation in STA-2 Cell 3 in order to optimize SAV performance.

  43. Bc84(2)Vegetation Maintenance Project status • Site assessment • Planned field test of methodologies for conversion

  44. Long-Term Plan Update Break (15 minutes)

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